A team of biomedical scientists at Edinburgh University have found what they claim to be a link between stress and the risk of memory loss in older people with diabetes. The researchers…
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Elderly Diabetics At Increased Risk of Cognitive Function Decline Due to Stress
A new research has found that elderly diabetics are more prone to detrimental consequences of stress compared to non-diabetics. The study conducted by University of Edinburgh evaluated 900 men and women aged…
Study Reveals Patient-Doctor Disconnect on Healthy Living
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Feb 16, 2010 Most Americans give themselves “A” or “B” grades, while doctors give Americans low grades on personal health Many Americans say they would rather live in pain than…
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Health and Human Services (HHS) wishes to relax meaningful use tests for 2011
Health and Human Services (HHS) advisory group in United States gave recommendation to the government to abandon its “all or nothing” approach to its plan for offering doctors and hospitals financial incentives…
Veteran Affairs wants to track physicians reactions to CPRS alerts
The Veterans Affairs Department, United States wants to be able to track when and how its physicians respond to medical alerts sent to them via the agency’s computerized patient record system (CPRS)….
Happiness- The New Mantra For A Healthy Heart
After ten years of monitoring 1700 patients for their heart conditions, U.S researchers have concluded that individuals that are most anxious and depressed are at the highest risk of developing a heart…
Belatacept: A New Drug For Kidney Transplant To Be Used In Humans
A recent study published in the American Journal of Transplantation revealed that a new drug, Belatacept, has been found to decrease organ rejection by the immune system post transplant, enhance kidney function…
Drug Distribution System
Pharmacy services in a hospital can be defined as ‘Premises licensed for the retail sale or supply to the hospital outpatient department and/or inpatient areas of drugs which have qualified licensed persons…
Salt Intake, A Threat To Youngsters
It is a known fact that consuming too much salt and not exercising enough increases blood pressure and puts people at a high risk of stroke and heart disease. A new study…
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard
The idea of introducing a standard in the space of digital imaging was to develop a standard for the transmission of digital images so as to enable users to retrieve images and…
Gulf Capital Acquires 75% of TechnoScan
Gulf Capital , one of the largest private equity firms in the Middle East , according to reports, has announced its acquisition of 75% interest in TechnoScan, the largest chain of medical diagnostic…
Scholarships available for HL7 e-learning course
HL7 International has launched an internet based online course on health informatics and HL7 standards which is available for self study and is tutor monitored. The aim of this course is to…
Contraception For Men: A New Trial To Commence
A new trial that has enrolled couples from Edinburgh and Manchester, United Kingdom, is commencing the testing of contraception for men that promises to relieve women of the burden of using a…
HHS awards $760M to health IT extension centers, state HIEs
The Health and Human Services Department today awarded grants totaling more than $760 million to jumpstart the delivery of programs and services that aim to get healthcare providers on the road to…